Approaches to teaching (0403)
Approaches to teaching 5: Teachers remove barriers to learning to enable every student to develop, pursue and achieve
challenging personal learning goals. (0403-05)
Practices
Approaches to teaching 5.1: Teachers consider learner variability when planning students’ personal learning goals. (0403-05-0100)
Unit: Non-literary bodies of work
Activity: Students research and select a body of work for a global issue of their choice (added differentiation)
Aim of the activity: Students understand what an appropriate body of work is
Objectives of the activity:
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Building an understanding of what makes a body of work appropriate for the course.
Researching and transferring their understanding of global issues, and concepts and content of
the literary texts.
Students focus on curating a more specific body of work with the help of scaffolding by the
teacher
ATL skills addressed
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Research
Self-management
Thinking
Evidence of planning of the activity:
The task is differentiated for students who might find it difficult to select a body of work from innumerable options
on the internet. Therefore, on Managebac, the task for these students has a list of BoWs to choose from.
Implementation of the activity:
The task is differentiated for students who might find it difficult to select a body of work from innumerable options
on the internet. Therefore, on Managebac, the task for these students has a list of BoWs to choose from.
Evidence of execution of the activity:
To be updated
Impact of the activity:
The students found it easier to tackle the challenging task. It gave them a chance to build their own course but with
scaffolded efforts.
Evidence of impact on the learners:
To be updated